Identity area
Reference code
OTUFM 46-8
Title
Eight-key cocuswood flute with wide sterling-silver bands : Thomas Prowse, London
Date(s)
- [ca. 1825] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 flute
Context area
Name of creator
(1908-)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Item is a flute, made by Thomas Prowse in London. The flute has sterling-silver keys with salt-spoon style ends, mounted on blocks. It is a brilliant example of the large-holed flute developed by the great English flutist Charles Nicholson Jr. The historical importance of this model is that Theodore Boehm heard Nicholson playing it during a visit to England in 1831. The epoch-making Boehm flute universally used today was the result.